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The Hidden Productivity Cost of Meeting Recovery Time
Lucas and Luna explore a overlooked drag on workplace productivity: the cognitive switching cost known as 'meeting recovery time.' Drawing on a 2024 study from Microsoft's Workplace Analytics division and a case study at a mid-size software firm called ModSaaS, they examine how frequent meetings don't just consume time during the meeting itself but also create a 10-to-15-minute focus-recovery period after each one. For knowledge workers in four-to-six meetings a day, that's 40 to 90 minutes of lost deep work — nearly a fifth of their effective workday. The episode…
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